The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother;

My son, if sinners lure you, do not be willing.

My son, do not walk in the way with them! Keep back your foot from their path,

My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you,

My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments;

My son, do not despise the chastening of Jehovah; nor be weary with His correction;

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and judgment,

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.

My son, listen to my words; bow down your ear to my sayings.

My son, listen to my wisdom; bow your ear to my understanding;

And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger,

My son, do this now, and deliver yourself when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself and make your friend sure.

My son, keep your father's commandments, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

My son, keep my words and store up my commandments within you.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

The labor of the righteous tends to life; the fruit of the wicked tends to sin.

In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking; but he who holds back his lips is wise.

Like a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who turns aside discretion.

A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a scorner does not hear rebuke.

Righteousness guards the perfect of way, but wickedness subverts a sin-offering.

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him early.

Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked plots is hated.

Righteousness lifts up a nation, but sin is a shame to any people.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a wife is a never-ending dripping.

Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your soul on making him die.

He who assaults his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

My son, cease to hear the discipline, only to stray from the words of knowledge.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?

A high look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

My son, hear and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.

The thought of foolishness is sin; and the scorner is hateful to men.

My son, eat honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

My son, fear Jehovah and the king; and do not fellowship with those who are given to change;

for it is better that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of a noble whom your eyes have seen.

Like cold snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to his senders; for he makes return to his master's soul.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not becoming for a fool.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer him who shames me.

When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and mountain-plants are gathered,

Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no sin; he shall be a companion to a destroyer.

In the sin of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sings and rejoices.

When the wicked are multiplied, sin increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight to your soul.

An angry man stirs up fighting, and a furious man abounds in sin.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the prophecy: The man spoke to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal, saying,

Who has gone up to Heaven and has come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garments? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name? Surely you know.

What, my son? And what, the son of my womb? And what, the son of my vows?

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.